Getting to know Rosanne Hunt.
When and why did you start making art?
When my mum started teaching me the cello when I was 6. Why? Because all 5 kids learnt an instrument and I was the youngest so of course, I learnt something. I don’t remember actively choosing cello, but I started, and was quickly hooked…
What was your favorite Forest Collective project?
Haven’t done many yet… but probably Pierrot.
What is a fun fact about you people may not know?
I love growing vegetables, and seeing zillions of worms in the compost is one of the ongoing thrills of life.
What is your favorite work of art?
Impossible to answer. But I do remember being utterly blown away at the opera twice: “Capriccio” by Richard Strauss, and “The Turn of the Screw” by Benjamin Britten. Also, I was crazy about the novels of Herman Hesse and Knut Hamsun in my late teens and twenties, then George Eliot’s novels in my 30s. And the film “The Virgin Spring” of Bergman.
What is one of your favorite pieces of music to play/sing/dance to?
Taylor Swift “You belong with me”
You can watch Rosanne perform in the epoch-defining Pierrot Lunaire, available now for streaming at home.
